Oyster-pail.



PATENTED' NOV. 20, 1906.

W. HEYSBR.

OYSTER PAIL. v APPLICATION rum) 3.30, 1908.

WILLIAM HEYSER, OF BALTIMORE. MARYLAND.

OYSTER-PAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Annlicatiou filed March 1 1906- Sefial -308.849.

To col/Z whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HEYSER, of the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Oyster-Pails, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved refrigerator-pail to be used principally in the shipment of oysters to distant points; and the leading object of the said invention is to prevent unauthorized access to the oysters, as will hereinafter fully appear.

In the further description of the said invention which follows, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of the improved refrigerator-pail. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an ice-chamber which forms a part of the improved pail. Fig. 3 is a perspective section of a portion of the pail on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a part of the fastening devices whereby the icechamber is temporarily held in position within the pail.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents an ordinary wood pail or bucket, such as is used in the shipment of oysters, and 2 the lid thereof.

3 is the ice-chamber, shown as rectangular in cross-section, with a pyramidal bottom a. The object in making the bottom yramidal in form will be hereinafter described. The ice-chamber 3 is provided with a flange b, which serves as a cover for the oysters which are contained in the pail exteriorly of the icechamber, and its edge or circumference, which is offset, rests on the annular shoulder c and retained in place by the wood lid 4. This lid is fastened by the strip 5, which extends across it and is fastened by clasps to the upper edge of the pailan arrangement com monly employed in vessels of this class. The flange b of the ice-chamber is shown as having an annular depression d near its circumference in which rests the circular securingwire 0, hereinafter more particularly referred to; but such depression is not essential and may be dispensed with, if desired.

7 7 are ins, preferably four in number, secured to t 1e inner surface of the pail near its up er edge, with their ends extending through ho es in the flange b, and to render the said pins easy of attachment to the pail and permanent by the employment of a single nail f in each their lower end is provided with a spur g, which is driven into the wood. The pins have each a small laterally-extending hole h, through which the securing-wire e is inserted, and the arrangement of the pins with reference to theflange b is such that the holes h will be above the surface of the flange. After the attachment of the wire 0 to the pins the ends of the wire are twisted together, and untwisting of the wire is prevented by an ordinary lead seal 9, as shown in Fig. 3.

In making the package ready for shipment a proper quantity of oysters is poured into the pail, after which the icechamber is placed in position and the wire 0 run through the lateral holes in the pins and its ends secured together. Ice preferably in the form of small blocks is then put in the chamber and the wood lid applied to the pail and secured thereon.

In shi ping to distant points in warm weather t e ice has to be frequently renewed,

and in this operation the lid is taken ofl, ice substituted for the water in the chamber, and the lid replaced. This operation is effected without exposure of the oysters or interference with the securing-wire, and the condition of the seal upon delivery of the package will show whether or not the securing-wire has been tampered with.

By making the bottom of the ice-chamber pyramidal in form inclined surfaces are oposed to the mass of oysters in the insertion of the chamber into the pail and the crushing of the oysters between the bottom of the chamber and the pail thereby prevented.

I claim as my invention.

In combination with a pail having a shoulder at its edge and provided with an icechamber having an annular flange which rests on the said shoulder, and j urnished with holes situated near its circumference, pins fastened to the wall of the pail below the flange, of the ice-chamber, which project through the holes in the flange, the said pins having lateral extending holes near their ends, and a wire which is passed through the 'holes in the pins and its ends secured together, substantially as specified.

WILLIAM HEYSER; Witnesses:

THOMAS G. HULL, WM. T. HOWARD. 

